carboxylate
/kɑrˈbɑksəleɪt/
verb
- To add a carboxyl group to a molecule, often in a chemical or biological process.
- The reaction will carboxylate the substrate if the conditions are right.
- Plants carboxylate carbon dioxide during photosynthesis.
- The chemist learned how to carboxylate the compound in the lab.
noun
- A salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
- The solution contains a carboxylate that helps stabilize the mixture.
- Each carboxylate has a different solubility in water.
- Sodium carboxylate is used in some soaps.